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breaking news tonight. the dangerous winter storm on the move and the tornado threat in the south. tornado watches up in multiple states. reports of damage already coming in. heavy snow, sleet, and ice in the plains and midwest. in california the deadly flood emergency. dozens rescued. and the new threat. we're tracking it all. also tonight, nearly 70,000 mourners lining up to pay respects to pope emeritus benedict xvi. as he lies in state, our team at the vatican. russia acknowledging one of the deadliest strikes on its troops since the war in ukraine began. new details on the suspect in the idaho
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college murders ahead of his first court appearance. the father of one victim speaking out. how he feels about potentially coming face to face with the alleged killer. new images of the crowd fleeing after the new year's eve machete attack on nypd officers. the suspect now charged. was it a terrorist act? new troubles as holiday travelers make their way home. why thousands of flights are canceled or delayed again. actor jeremy renner airlifted to the hospital after he was critically injured in a snow plowing accident. what we're learning. and our tribute to a tv trailblazer. the legendary barbara walters. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. good evening. it is good to be back with you and happy new year. this holiday season that has seemingly been bookended with severe weather is spawning some new and dangerous threats tonight. as we come on the air, tornado watches are in effect, stretching from east texas to arkansas and
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louisiana. already we're starting to see damage reports come in. while in the west parts of california are bracing for another powerful storm later this week on the heels of this weekend's deadly blast of rain, snow and wind that led to some harrowing water rescues. we'll take you there in a moment. but first bill karins is at the map with tonight's threat to the south. bill, what are you watching? >> lester, this is as dangerous as it gets. over the last hour we've been tracking a tornado, a strong confirmed tornado on the ground northern louisiana, and it's wrapped in rain. so you can't see it coming. and at night you wouldn't be able to see it anyways. so this is the scenario that we're going to deal with throughout the overnight hours as these storms will move northward. also on top of this we have flash flood warnings that are up for the same areas that were potentially just hit by the strong tornado. and this flash flood threat will go northwards toward little rock, paducah as we go through the evening. then overnight we're going to continue to watch these storms headed toward paducah, memphis, eventually into mississippi, all of louisiana and this isn't over yet because tomorrow we're going to see this line of
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storms continuing all the way down to the gulf coast, so from new orleans to montgomery, alabama everyone's at risk. and on top of this we have the cold side of this storm with a lot of heavy snow. someone in south dakota and nebraska will end up with one to two feet of snow by the time we get done with the storm tomorrow. lester? >> all right, bill. thanks very much. this all comes on the heels of flash flooding on the west coast. dangerous flood waters led to more rescues today in northern california as the region braces for another series of storms. here's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: the daring and dramatic rescues unfolded all weekend across california and continued today. a devastating deluge triggering a flurry of emergency calls as the suddenly stranded were plucked from submerged cars, flooded roads and homes that took on water. this woman who tried to cross a swamped street this morning thanking rescue teams who likely saved her life.
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>> if it wasn't for you guys, we'd be in a lot of trouble. and don't do nothing stupid like i did. >> reporter: after days of relentless rain northern california was pummeled with the brunt of a powerful atmospheric river, a band of moisture pouring onto the coast. in san francisco, where the city nearly broke its single-day rainfall record, pedestrians floated down busy streets. others used kayaks or surfboards. statewide as roads remain impassable some are still under evacuation orders. >> it was like mother nature came alive and declared war on sacramento. >> reporter: in sacramento county where there's been at least one death authorities are bracing for more. >> i've worked for the fire department, or previously the elk grove fire department for 21 years. this is the most significant flooding i've seen in this area in 21 years. >> reporter: with two more atmospheric rivers expected to hammer the state later this week mudslides, rock slides and flooding are a major concern, especially with the ground already saturated.
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lester? >> miguel almaguer, thank you. another major story tonight, the outpouring of grief and remembrance after the death of former pope benedict xvi. today at the vatican tens of thousands lining up at st. peter's basilica, where the body of the pope emeritus lay in state ahead of thursday's funeral. molly hunter reports now from the vatican. ♪♪ >> reporter: tonight the body of pope benedict xvi lying in state in st. peter's basilica. an estimated 65,000 people filed through today to say their final good-byes. [ speaking non-english ] over the weekend pope francis paid tribute to his predecessor, calling him "so noble, so kind." the two men held wildly different worldviews and visions of the church. born joseph ratzinger in 1927, he was the first german pope in more than 1,000 years. a theologian, a strict conservative who put
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hot-button political issues at the center of his papacy, opposing same-sex marriage and women priests. critics accused him of not doing enough in the church's sex abuse scandal. but today those waiting in line remembered him personally. >> he remains a fundamental person for my life. and it's important for me to be here in rome. it is like when a father dies his sons go to him. >> reporter: felipo toso took an overnight trip from venice to rome this morning to be one of the first. >> how was it? >> amazing. it was not important to see but to be. and to be here. >> reporter: mark patorek, an american catholic living and work in rome, had the rare chance to visit pope benedict lying in rest at his convent home on sunday. >> i've been bringing people to rome for 20 years. he was the highlight of all my time in rome. >> reporter: history will remember benedict as a traditionalist who bucked centuries of tradition, retiring
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in 2013. a radical precedent that will define the future of the vatican. >> molly joining us now from the vatican. molly, what are we learning this evening about former pope benedict's funeral arrangements? >> reporter: we understand that pope francis will preside over the funeral mass on thursday morning just behind me in st. peter's square. lester, we are also learning tonight where benedict will be buried. in the same vatican vault under st. peter's basilica as pope john paul ii. lester? >> molly, thank you. turning now to the war in ukraine, russia tonight acknowledging a ukrainian strike killed dozens of its troops while ukraine puts the number in the hundreds. matt bradley is in kyiv with more on how russia is retaliating. >> reporter: tonight ukraine's single deadliest attack against russia in months. using american-supplied himars rockets to level this vocational college that russia had been using as a barracks for newly recruited troops in the east. russia's ministry of defense saying 63
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russian soldiers died. earlier today ukraine's military said as many as 400 newly recruited russian soldiers were killed. still, russia is firing back, far from the front lines. kyiv's mayor said air defenses shot down 39 russian drones that swarmed the capital overnight. "at night i heard a very strong bump," said this man. "the furniture even moved." the attacks mostly targeted the power grid, leaving many ukrainians without heat and electricity in the bitter cold. russia has launched these attacks since the fall, usually around once a week. but now they're daily. this was the fifth straight day of bombardments. do you think that the russians can run out of missiles, run out of drones? >> translator: on the drones it depends on how many iran would be able to supply to russia and how strong western sanctions would be in reducing that supply. but missiles, now russians are using their untouched spares. >> reporter: he credits anti-air
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weapons provided by the u.s. and europe for swatting down most of the missiles and drones, helping keep the lights on on the home front as this war stretches into the new year. and tonight ukraine's president zelenskyy warned ukrainians that russia is planning another prolonged attack with those iranian-made drones. lester? >> matt bradley, thank you. back home we are learning new details about the suspect arrested in pennsylvania for the murders of four idaho college students. and gadi schwartz spoke with the father of one of the victims as the alleged killer prepares to make his first court appearance. >> reporter: tonight 28-year-old bryan kohberger sits in a pennsylvania jail hours away from an extradition hearing that could send him back to idaho, where police say he killed four college students. family members of the victims madison mogen, xana kernodle, ethan chapin and kaylee goncalves now bracing for the moment they may come face to face with the prime suspect in court. tonight we spoke with kaylee's father steve. >> do you want to see this suspect with your own eyes? >> yes, definitely. i want this guy to
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get -- whoever this person that was responsible for this, i want him to be sick of seeing us and sick of knowing that these people won't let it go. >> reporter: steve goncalves says the family had never heard of kohberger until the arrest and says he's relieved to see the progress in the case but that he's waiting to see all the evidence police have. >> i feel a sense that we're on the right track to where i can say i can let my guard down a little bit. but we definitely still have a lot of work to do. >> reporter: and tonight we're learning more about the suspect. austin morrison says kohberger was a teaching assistant in a criminal justice class he took at washington state. >> just rather quiet, very off to the side, standoffish. he sat in the class, didn't do a whole lot. >> reporter: kohberger's public defender saying his client was shocked by his arrest and will not fight extradition to idaho. >> he believes he will be exonerated. >> reporter: he says kohberger traveled by car from washington to pennsylvania with his father o'who said his son was acting normally. police seizing a white
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hyundai elantra in pennsylvania. the same model was seen near the crime scene around the time of the attack. two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation tell nbc news that dna evidence played a role in leading investigators to the suspect. meanwhile, steve goncalves is still reeling from the loss of his 21-year-old daughter. >> our next mission is really to find justice and make sure that we have a closing chapter that meets the expectations of all the families. >> gadi, the suspect's attorney says he won't fight extradition. it won't be until after that that he's back in idaho that we start to get some real answers here. >> reporter: that's right, lester. and we understand that authorities are now saying when he is brought back to idaho they will finally be able to unseal that probable cause statement in court and that probable cause statement is likely to specify a lot more of the evidence they are using against him including potential dna. lester? >> all right. gadi schwartz, thank you. there are new images in tonight of people rushing into a new york city pizzeria on new year's eve
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after that machete attack on three nypd officers. the 19-year-old suspect charged today with two counts of attempted murder of police officers and attempted assault. a terror investigation is also under way, with authorities saying the suspect made a pro-jihadi statement from his hospital bed. all three officers were treated and released. also tonight a new congress is preparing to be sworn in with republicans back in control of the house for the first time since 2018. tomorrow's house speaker vote will be a major test for gop leader kevin mccarthy, who is still scrambling to lock up the votes he needs. garrett haake is on capitol hill with the latest. >> reporter: tonight republicans are just hours away from taking back control of the house, hoping to tackle an ambitious conservative agenda. but tomorrow they have to elect a speaker. and that may be harder than it sounds. >> do you have the votes for speaker tomorrow? >> reporter: republican leader kevin mccarthy, who won the party's nomination for the job in november, now faces a small right-wing revolt. more than a dozen members preparing to
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oppose him. with republicans' narrow majority it's enough votes to keep him out of the speaker's job. >> there's nothing he's done to earn my vote. he's part of the swamp cartel. >> reporter: nine republicans releasing a letter pressing mccarthy for rule changes including making it easier to remove a speaker. but mccarthy has the support of former president trump and several high-profile house conservatives. and his allies are urging the party to unite around him, hoping to avoid a speaker's race going beyond the first ballot for the first time in 100 years. late tonight a top house conservative urging colleagues to vote for mccarthy. >> i hope we can come together and we get focused on what we've got to do. >> reporter: republicans hoping to settle their leadership debate and focus on their agenda, including targeting biden administration priorities like hiring new irs agents and ramping up investigations of covid, the record migrant surge on the southern border, and the fbi. >> we can't do anything until we elect that speaker. we've got so much work
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behind us and we need to start on the very first day. >> reporter: the senate also returns to work tomorrow, with democrats holding a one-seat advantage. the narrow margins in both chambers means 2023 will either be a year of bipartisanship or of gridlock and dysfunction. lester? >> garrett haake at the capitol. thank you. in 60 seconds, new travel troubles as millions return home from the holidays. and later, actor jeremy renner critically injured in a snow plowing accident. the latest on his condition.sorias is... the buburning, itching. the pain. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 16 weeks. the majoririty of peopople w 90% clearer skin at 16 weeks. 90% clearerer skin eveven at 5 yeyears. serious s allergic reactions s may occur.r. trememfya® m may increasase your r risk of infnfectis serious s allergic reactions s may occur.r. anand lower yoyour ability toto fight thehem. tellll your doctctor if you e an i infection o or symps oror if you hahad a vaccine e or plan toto. emergege tremfyantnt®. with t tremfya®®. ask your d doctor emergege tremfyantnt®. with t tremfya®®. about trtremfya®® today. emergege tremfyantnt®. with t tremfya®®.
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for many americans the holiday travel season is ending the way it began, with flight delays and cancellations. tom costello tonight on the new wrinkles in the battle to get home. >> reporter: on this big post-new year's travel day mounting delays and cancellations yet again. fog in denver and gridlock in florida after an air traffic control computer failure cut traffic to a trickle. stuck on the runway in palm beach nbc news producer jason
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calabreta. >> we've been stuck on the tarmac for almost two hours. the pilot says it's a problem for the entire state of florida. we are still unsure when we might take off. >> reporter: today's delays come after southwest airlines' multiday meltdown stranded hundreds of thousands last week. flying to portugal on vacation, the mullaney family's southwest flight from little rock to new york was canceled, forcing them to spend $3,000 to buy tickets on american, fly to philly, stay in a hotel, then rent a car to jfk to fly to lisbon. where tom mullaney, who flies 100 times a year on business, says he's already switching to other carriers. >> i spend a lot of time on southwest airlines. and the issue becomes now that i don't know that i can trust them. >> reporter: southwest has promised to reimburse families like the mullaneys for all related travel expenses, conceding the airline's scheduling system is antiquated. ceo bob jordan e-mailed employees this weekend, "we have
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plans to invest in tools and technology and processes, but there will be immediate work to understand what happened." the president of the pilots union told us today there is no time to waste. >> they're going to have to do it quickly. and we're going to have to see some real answers and a real, you know, map as to what's going to occur over the next week, over the next month, and really over the next three to four months because it really can't be delayed longer than that. >> tom, let me get back to that situation in florida. a lot of planes fly in that air space. what's it looking like right now? >> we just checked. the faa says it has now resolved the florida air traffic control computer problems. we still have lingering delays, up to three hours in palm beach, and the other trouble spots are orlando, fort lauderdale, dallas, denver and san francisco, lester. >> all right. tom costello with the latest. thank you. we're back in a moment with the latest on actor jeremy renner and the accident that left him critically injured while snow still disrsrupts my skskin. despite e treatment t it disrupts m my skin witith i. still disrsrupts my skskin.
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fred white of earth, wind & fire died over the weekend. white was a drums prodigy playing on some of the band's biggest hits including "shining star." brother and bandmate verdine white said "freddy is now drumming with the angels." fred white was 67. the death of barbara walters has moved so many including us at nbc, where she broke into the business and first rose to fame. as cynthia mcfadden reports, she not only blazed a trail for women, she set a standard for all of us. >> i'm barbara walters at the nbc news center here in new york. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine what network news would have been like if it weren't for barbara walters. >> we all proudly stand on your shoulders, barbara walters. >> reporter: we all showed up to pay our respects when she stepped down from the program she created. "the view." >> meredith vieira!
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>> reporteter: what dodo we say? without yoyou there wouldn't't be us. >> this is my y legacy. these arare my legacy. >> reporter: in a male-dominated world at the time she spent years playing second fiddle to her male co-anchors. at the "today" show -- >> i could not ask a question until he had asked three. >> reporter: the situation didn't improve much when she made that high-profile jump to abc. >> i kept time on your stories and mine tonight. you owe me four minutes. >> reporter: telling friends she knew he she had to find a new role. she soon did. as the co-anchor of "20/20" she cast a wide net. heads of state, murderers, movie stars all got the same intense treatment. she was famous for making many of them cry. she said she didn't do it on purpose. hmm. >> you caught me off guard. i'm sorry. >> reporter: she was her own best booker and meticulous in her research. her producers said she was involved in the edit of every interview. she never learned to drive. she was crusty and competitive, soft-hearted and generous.
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it wasn't that she didn't get knocked down along the way. it's just that she always got back up. and that changed things, for her and for the rest of us. cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new york. >> a true legend in the field. that's "nightly news" for this monday. thank you for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. yourself a each yourself a each nd - life is uncertain. everyday pressures can feel overwhelming it's okay to feel stressed, anxious, worried, or frustrated. it's normal. with calhope's free and secure mental health resources, it's easy to get the help you and your loved ones need when you need it the most. call our warm line at (833) 317-4673
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or live chat at calhope.org today. right now, 4:30, in recovery mode. there's not much time before the next storm rolls in. it's actually rolling in right now. we're tracking a wet week ahead with more flooding in the bay area. good afternoon. i'm audrey asistio. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is here. concern is growing. also, lawmaker are setting their sights on social media platforms this monday. they've already banned tiktok from government devices. we know that.

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